Baileys Women’s Prize For Fiction 2017 Longlist

The eagerly awaited longlist for the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 was released today! I love reading the longlist making my own thoughts as to what the shortlist will be and then re-reading the shortlist and deciding my own winner – does anyone else do this? Seeing as it is Women’s History Month you will see quite a lot of female / feminism driven work on this blog and the Bailey’s Women’s Prize For Fiction coincides with that nicely!

Last year’s shortlist was epic – I loved every single one of the books apart from The Portable Veblen (what was all that squirrel talk about really?!). I was super lucky to attend the readings ahead of the annoucement of the winner and hope to be attending again this year.

You can read more about the longlisted novels on the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction’s Website.

I am particularly looking forward to reading The Lesser Bohemians and The Dark Circle but I will attempt to give as many a read as possible!

Whilst I’m disappointed that Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is not on the list and only three debuts (highlighted above) on the longlist this is a great longlist which I cannot wait to get my teeth into!

Have any of you read any of the longlisted novels? You can see my reviews for the ones I have read so far by following the link. I would recommend Hannah’s review of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry – it sums up the book brilliantly!